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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-05-29, 02:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The specs suggest that should be an excellent receiver with AM stereo as a nice bonus. I suspect it might require some maintenance, though. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41wdW-7mdpL._SY300_.jpg I don't see anything on that receiver that would require DeOxit... AM Stereo is …

Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-05-28, 05:33

in Milliways

in Milliways

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Business-Grade-Vintage-Dell-Pentium-3-Desktop-Win95-98-Windows-98-MS-DOS-CNC/291734580830?_trksid=p2481888.c100651.m4497&_trkparms=aid%3D777001%26algo%3DDISCO.FEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160801204525%26meid%3D138e516ad09f4675adcf761fa22e4e8f%26pid%3D100651%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26&_ …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-28, 05:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

oeuvre wrote: got this and set it up nicely http://imgur.com/a/5VID5 Nice. Did yours come with the vortex II? Seems like those are common on XPS systems of that era.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-28, 02:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Another audio gear tangent here. Got a new deskside amp. Traded my Pioneer SX-6 for it. Supposedly it didn't work, but seems fine to me.

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-27, 20:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Spent four hours dealing with paypal on a claim about my XPS Gen 2. FYI, they don't care one bit about people wanting to get things repaired no matter how rare it is. Just go straight to the bank and do a chargeback.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-27, 17:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Quite a few nice looking 370 boards in there along with 1 or two that are dual Slot1/370 boards one of which being AT? The LGA775 board with the multicolor ram slots is from an IBM Thinkcentre. It most likely supports Q9000 series quads but unfortunately the design is proprietary. The other LGA775 …

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-05-27, 17:25

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Yes, indeed even though it's a first revision (production date reports 1999) and I don't know if it's AG or shadow mask. Right now running a resolution of 1024 by 768 @ 100Hz with a Viper 330 and the picture quality is pretty good. M. From what I found the tubes are the same as in the mitsubishi …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-27, 17:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tested my new graphics cards and got a bit disappointed. I was pretty excited to get my first 3dfx card until it wouldn't post. Looks like it got attacked by the full force of the swiss army. There are people who can resurrect dead 3dfx cards. Maybe you can find someone who wants to fix it :) It …

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-05-27, 01:13

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

hiroshima wrote: Hi guys, […] Show full quote Hi guys, First post here. A few pics: http://imgur.com/a/S0JIf M. Good choice with the LaCie. I love mine. (Few pages back)

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-24, 21:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No, it had copper wire at the back, directly touching PCB with no isolation. And the second revelation was that there was no thermal paste and the heatsink was wobbling on the chip :-S This card had a hard life. DSC02072.JPG What baffles me is someone had the intelligence to understand a bit about …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-23, 15:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tested my new graphics cards and got a bit disappointed. I was pretty excited to get my first 3dfx card until it wouldn't post. Looks like it got attacked by the full force of the swiss army. Ouch. I count 17 traces cut in that picture. That card is gone. Well, i'm still going to try to fix it …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-23, 03:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tested my new graphics cards and got a bit disappointed. I was pretty excited to get my first 3dfx card until it wouldn't post. Looks like it got attacked by the full force of the swiss army.

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-22, 20:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got around to trying to fix some of the many failed GPUs I've received over the last week. So far: XFX 7800GS AGP: Dead EVGA 9400GT 1GB: Dead, VGA failure post code. Overheats. Not worth any further effort. MSI 8600GT: POSTs, running stable. Had to rebuild the entire cooler which was bent which …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-22, 19:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got the for 5 bucks a piece. Luckily I got a peek under the heatsink to see the 3dfx logo. Can anybody identify this voodoo banshee?

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-18, 23:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

messing with a thinclient, i discovered that it mounts usb drives in dos as a harddisk, useful! IMG_20170516_215743.jpg Woah! Never heard of that before. It must be some sort of translation in the bios. What brand and model? Just so you both know this is not "news". my GA-P45-UD3P LGA-775 …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-17, 03:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dying/leaking/etc caps can cause instability with certain parts of the motherboards. I've got an ECS motherboard with similar symptoms that I think may need a recap soon. Interesting, I've had a board with much worse caps (browning) and it can post and do 3D, but crash. Also got these in, Canopus …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-05-17, 02:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

kiwa wrote: messing with a thinclient, i discovered that it mounts usb drives in dos as a harddisk, useful! IMG_20170516_215743.jpg Woah! Never heard of that before. It must be some sort of translation in the bios. What brand and model?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-15, 00:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Duh brain fart x) Powerpc based at least! One ended up being a 800mhz G3 and the other is a 1.3ghz g4 with a bad battery. I've got one of those G4s myself. If the G3 works you may want to open it up and repaste it. The late G3 ibooks have GPU issues. Just had to toss a 900mhz because the mobo was …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-14, 17:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SW-SSG wrote: ODwilly wrote: Apple imac mini laptops Do such things truly exist? I'm assuming he means 12 inch ibooks.

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-05-13, 15:41

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Mmmmm, dell. Gotta have the portables so I can game between classes or whoop some @$$ in Q3A/CnC on the go.

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